Laser-assisted machining (LAM) hard, brittle materials, such as semiconductors and ceramics, utilizes a laser to heat an area to soften it before it is machined. The rest of the work piece is not ...

A microscopic image of a workpiece made of V70 hard metal, the result of an optimized micro-machining technique that may be used for industrial-scale production is. Together with six industrial ...

Femtosecond laser based micro/nano processing involves studies of numerous aspects: fundamentals and unique phenomena of fs-laser pluses and matter interactions, pulse-shaping and high throughput ...